Austria, Imperial. A Silver Medal For The Defense Of Tirol, 1848 Auction generally in good to fine

generally in good to fine condition

Among the dead was Private Dyson

Type I: In stamped brass

the ribbon bar with the correct ribbons of both awards

With the American artillery closer and its bombardment more intense than ever

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Medal For The Defense Of Tirol, 1848 Auction generally in good to fineAn example of an 1848 issue silver Commemorative Medal for the Defense of Tirol (Silberne Tiroler Erinnerungsmedaille); a round silver medal; the obverse depicting the leftward facing bust of a young Kaiser Franz Josef, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Dem Tiroler Landes Verteidiger 1848 (The Tirol Defenders), as well as Mit Gott fr Kaiser und Vaterland (With God for Kaiser and the Fatherland); marked K. Lange on the obverse;